Pilot complacency during preflight inspection nearly led to disaster on a brisk October day in 2008. As an experienced flight crew readying for a short repositioning hop on that crystal clear morning neglected one simple, but crucial task, it soon placed them and their aircraft in danger. What would lead veteran pilots to make such a novice mistake, and how can such similar errors be prevented?

AIN’s Tales from the Flight Deck is no longer being produced, but you can still listen to our past episodes featuring first-hand accounts of the most intriguing situations aviation professionals can encounter.

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Clicking on each episode of AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck will bring up an audio player which you can “stream” either over your computer or mobile device. Simply click on the episode and then on the play button on the audio player.